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Millions of Afghani of power bill remains unpaid: Tauhidi
Officials in Afghanistan power department disclosed the names of top Afghan officials who still not paid their power bills, saying they are First vice President Gen Abdul Rashed Dustom, CE second deputy Mohammad Muhaqiq, the former Second vice president Karim Khalili, Atta Mohammad Noor, Juma Khan Hamdard and dozens of others are in the list who didn’t pay the power bills.
A document which is accessed by Ariana News indicates that hundreds top Afghan officials in the list who didn’t pay their electricity bills and the names are as below:
1- First vice president Gen Abdul Rashed Dustom 296,333,28 Afghani.
2- CE second deputy Mohammad Muhaqiq 00,255,533 Afghani.
3- Former second vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili 00,320,811,1 — 00,085,987,1 Afghani.
4- Balkh acting Governor Atta Mohammad Noor 394,552,2 – 368,577,5 — 323,123,10 Afghani.
5- Former Paktia Governor Juma khan Hamdard 228,748 Afghani.
6- Son of first deputy of Lower house Haji Qadeer 00,369,748 Afghani.
Meanwhile there are scores of residential Towns, International NGOs, Productive companies, constriction companies, and some local powerful figures in the long list released.
Afghanistan Power department Spokesman Waheedullah Tauhidi said,” since the electricity consumers were officially demanded to pay their bills, we could only receive 3,5 million Afghani the rest still unpaid.”
The Junbish party spokesman Abdul Basher Tainj said,” Paying the bills is under the process, those who are publishing such information is trying to underestimate Junbish Mili Afghanistan,”
Mp Habiba Danish said,” Afghanistan power department its self does the deal, and then makes suggestion to pay the bills.”
“Money should be paid because it belongs Afghan Nation treasury Mp Mohammad Hashim Farabi said,”
Afghan Government imports about 80 percent of its electricity from abroad, therefore the officials are responsible to pay the money for Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to extend lightening of Kabul the capital city of Afghanistan.
Reported by Nabila Hafizi
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said Thursday it has signed cooperation agreements with ten institutions to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, said: “In the implementation of projects, we must pay special attention to our activities and actions and try to make useful use of the projects according to the requirements and benefit the beneficiaries.”
These ten institutions are to present their projects, the total value of which is around over $1.1 million. The projects will be carried out in Kabul, Baghlan, Ghor, Herat, Logar, Nangarhar, Balkh, Badakhshan and Jawzjan provinces and provide direct jobs for about 1,000.
To date, the ministry has signed MoUs for 72 projects in total, collectively valued at about $53.6 million.
These agreements have been signed with domestic and foreign companies for the establishment of small and medium-sized businesses.
In accordance with the principles and laws of the Islamic Emirate and prioritizing the implementation of projects for immigrants and returnees and internally displaced people, the ministry said 635,865 people will benefit through jobs directly and over 4.3 million will benefit indirectly in 25 provinces once these projects are implemented.
The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) confirmed Tuesday that in the last month of solar year 1402, (March 2024) Afghanistan’s exports totaled $141.1 million and imports totaled $789.6 million.
This was down from $174 million for exports in the same period in 1401. However, imports increased by $99.2 million in 1402, up from $690.4 million.
Most exports in the last month of 1402 went to Pakistan, India and the United Arab Emirates, while in the last month of 1401 exports went to Pakistan, India and China.
The Ministry of Interior said the governor of Herat province Islam Jar met with Alim Khan Yasin Gildaye, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan, to discuss various issues around trade.
According to the ministry, the two sides discussed the expansion of trade facilities, increasing the volume of trade exchanges between traders of the two countries, reducing customs tariffs, solving the challenges of traders and issuing visas to them.
The Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce has been opened in Herat in order to facilitate and increase trade between the two countries.
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